The Eastern Catholic Churches 2007

Source: Annuario Pontificio

(see the file)

The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

 

The Eastern Catholic Churches 2007 Source: Annuario Pontificio

The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon (Patriarchal)

15,000

12,000

10,000

12,000

12,000

4

7

2

17

29

35

2

2

Damascus, Syria (patriarchal exarchate)

4,000

4,000

4,500

4,500

4,500

1

1

0

1

1

2

0

0

Amman and Jerusalem (patriarchal exarchate)

 

280

740

400

800

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eparchy of Ispahan, Iran

2,200

2,200

10,000

10,000

10,000

0

1

0

2

2

2

0

0

Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq

2,200

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

1

2

2

0

1

1

0

1

Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) Egypt

1,500

1,287

1,276

6,000

6,000

1

4

3

0

0

4

0

0

Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria

15,000

17,000

17,000

17,000

17,000

1

6

7

3

3

8

0

10

Eparchy of Kamichlié, Syria

4,303

4,000

4,000

4,000

4,000

0

6

4

2

2

2

1

3

Archeparchy of Istanbul, Turkey

3,700

3,680

3,670

3,650

3,640

2

5

3

2

2

4

1

0

Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

1

6

0

4

4

5

0

0

Ordinariate for Greece (Athens)

650

600

400

400

400

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

Ordinariate for Romania (Gherla)

 

1,000

515

333

842

0

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

Archeparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek, Buenos Aires

estab. 1989

16,000

16,000

16,000

16,000

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

Apostolic Exarchate for Latin America and Mexico

30,000

12,000

12,000

12,000

12,000

0

2

0

0

0

3

0

0

Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg, New York (US and Canada)

34,300

36,000

36,000

36,000

36,000

1

9

8

5

5

12

0

1

Ordinariate for Eastern Europe (Gyumri, Armenia)

estab. 1991

220,000

220,000

220,000

220,000

1

36

0

8

13

25

0

5

TOTAL

142,853

362,047

368,101

374,283

375,182

14

94

33

44

62

103

4

25

 

The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Alexandria (Patriarchal)

60,000

88,000

130,000

135,000

27,377

2

36

47

22

58

125

0

5

Eparchy of Assiut, Egypt

34,500

35,000

45,000

45,000

50,000

1

41

49

5

5

60

0

13

Eparchy of Ismayliah, Egypt

5,000

6,500

6,700

6,800

7,000

1

14

9

3

3

68

1

4

Eparchy of Luqsor and Thebes, Egypt

21,000

17,543

18,000

18,000

18,500

1

20

9

14

17

70

0

3

Eparchy of Minya, Egypt

20,084

38,835

40,530

40,530

40,530

1

26

41

1

2

9

0

25

Eparchy of Sohag, Egypt

12,000

12,000

12,560

12,670

12,930

2

20

22

0

0

28

0

4

Eparchy of Guizeh, Egypt

 

estab. 2003

0

7,500

4,990

1

7

7

1

1

0

0

3

TOTAL

152,584

197,878

252,790

265,500

161,327

9

164

184

46

86

360

1

57

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitanate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

42,800

51,732

32,210

27,292

27,620

1

20

24

90

205

253

0

12

Eparchy of Adigrat, Ethiopia

14,970

16,625

19,326

19,935

19,994

2

35

66

15

46

51

0

19

Eparchy of Emdeber, Ethiopia

 

estab. 2003

24,000

18,600

18,850

1

24

11

4

4

36

0

8

Eparchy of Asmara, Eritrea

60,780

46,303

58,624

56,369

62,453

2

66

44

287

535

628

2

54

Eparchy of Barentu, Eritrea

estab. 1995

37,000

37,929

38,552

39,077

2

11

4

21

24

26

0

15

Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea

estab. 1995

49,889

53,135

54,867

54,867

1

49

27

21

79

52

0

34

TOTAL

118,550

201,549

225,224

215,615

222,861

9

205

176

438

893

1046

2

142

 

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum, India

221,618

305,000

265,000

270,000

273,600

3

193

244

55

140

947

0

105

Eparchy of Battery, India

19,000

24,250

25,512

25,587

25,587

1

22

89

12

12

276

0

23

Eparchy of Tiruvalla, India

41,250

55,945

36,673

36,673

37,284

2

133

101

25

54

261

0

38

Eparchy of Marthandom, India

estab. 1996

61,025

64,450

64,600

64,725

1

73

31

6

9

164

0

26

Eparchy of Muvattupuzha, India

 

estab 2003

11,067

11,403

11,444

1

66

38

2

17

92

0

17

TOTAL

281,868

446,220

402,702

408,263

412,640

8

487

503

100

232

1740

0

209

 

The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon

23,000

26,000

14,500

14,700

14,700

5

5

12

1

5

7

0

5

Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq

23,000

24,000

25,000

23,000

22,000

1

4

6

0

0

0

0

6

Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq

22,650

29,500

35,000

40,000

40,000

1

12

27

5

8

20

0

17

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman

960

10,298

1,550

1,550

1,550

1

3

1

0

1

16

1

1

Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt

2,000

1,763

1,728

1,643

1,637

1

3

3

0

0

0

0

1

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria

4,000

6,200

6,500

8,000

8,000

2

5

11

0

0

10

5

0

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria

9,255

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

1

15

15

2

2

3

0

12

Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria

8,750

8,800

8,000

8,000

8,000

1

2

10

0

0

3

3

3

Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria

3,810

5,200

5,630

5,630

5,630

2

8

4

1

2

3

0

2

Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey

2,500

2,125

2,155

2,155

2,160

0

3

1

0

0

0

1

0

Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf

320

1,200

410

410

820

0

1

5

0

0

0

0

0

Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark, New Jersey

estab. 1995

11,780

13,140

13,270

13,270

1

8

9

0

0

0

2

2

Sudan (patriarchal dependency)

 

300

55

55

55

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apostolic Exarchate for Venezuela

 

estab 2001

0

3,870

3,870

1

6

3

0

0

0

0

3

TOTAL

100,245

137,166

123,668

132,283

131,692

18

75

107

9

18

62

12

52

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Archeparchy of Antelias, Lebanon

170,734

217,660

191,763

192,305

193,377

1

93

71

55

87

565

0

25

Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon

250,000

200,000

236,000

236,000

240,000

2

127

131

32

32

169

0

49

Archeparchy of Tripoli, Lebanon

89,053

100,000

101,350

102,096

100,068

1

123

123

55

63

148

0

26

Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon

22,000

44,000

42,000

41,500

43,000

2

22

18

10

11

46

0

6

Eparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon

47,000

35,000

30,000

30,000

34,000

1

34

12

8

8

33

2

8

Eparchy of Joubbe, Batrun and Sarba, Lebanon (Patriarchal)*

110,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eparchy of Joubbe, Sarba and Jounieh (Patriarchal)

 

492,989

375,875

358,500

359,200

6

140

141

52

180

173

2

44

Eparchy of Jbeil, Lebanon

469,750

250,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

1

88

60

40

45

45

0

23

Eparchy of Jounieh, Lebanon**

205,315

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eparchy of Batrun

 

0

72,000

72,000

73,000

1

66

44

17

40

56

0

5

Eparchy of Saïda, Lebanon

94,700

65,000

83,000

84,000

68,000

2

96

61

17

26

70

0

13

Eparchy of Zahleh, Lebanon

estab. 1990

49,520

50,777

50,900

51,000

2

33

17

15

15

28

0

2

Archeparchy of Cyprus

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

1

9

5

2

5

3

0

1

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine

 

504

504

504

504

0

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan

estab. 1996

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,200

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt

4,350

5,000

5,003

5,430

5,430

3

7

3

3

3

0

0

2

Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria

3,225

4,105

4,105

4,000

4,000

1

5

8

0

0

0

0

1

Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria

7,000

8,000

12,000

12,000

12,000

3

6

4

0

0

0

0

5

Eparchy of Lattaquié, Syria

23,000

27,000

31,000

33,000

33,000

1

32

22

3

3

40

0

10

Eparchy of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina

estab. 1990

700,000

700,000

700,000

700,000

1

4

9

20

20

6

2

0

Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Libano em Sao Paulo, Brazil

418,000

463,000

468,000

468,000

468,000

2

10

7

5

5

0

0

0

Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, USA

52,000

30,000

30,000

33,000

33,000

3

34

43

7

14

1

14

2

Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA

estab. 1994

24,108

27,500

42,232

41,232

2

26

35

14

14

6

13

2

Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney, Australia

125,000

160,000

150,000

150,000

150,000

2

10

22

16

17

24

0

5

Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Canada

75,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

80,000

2

14

11

12

17

5

3

1

Nuestra Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico

estab. 1995

150,000

148,267

148,267

148,267

1

3

4

3

3

0

1

4

Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land

estab. 1996

7,000

7,000

7,000

7,000

1

6

7

0

0

5

0

8

TOTAL

2,176,152

3,124,086

3,107,344

3,111,934

3,105,278

42

992

859

386

608

1423

38

242

 

*Batrun separated and Jounieh added in 1999. **United with Joubbe and Sarba in 1999.

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

Page 3

The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq (Patriarchal)

325,000

151,000

130,000

115,000

145,000

3

26

29

3

9

93

0

8

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kerkuk, Iraq

5,330

5,050

5,700

5,600

5,600

2

3

2

0

0

7

4

0

Archeparchy of Arbil, Iraq

12,314

12,000

12,200

12,200

12,200

1

5

5

0

0

6

4

5

Archeparchy of Basra, Iraq

4,000

2,600

2,500

2,600

2,600

0

3

1

0

0

3

8

2

Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq

19,800

20,000

20,600

18,000

18,000

1

10

10

3

3

0

1

4

Eparchy of Alquoch, Iraq

13,500

16,190

17,487

19,905

20,820

2

8

11

3

6

15

0

4

Eparchy of Amadiyah, Iraq

2,000

2,452

2,000

2,000

2,000

1

10

3

0

0

0

0

2

Eparchy of Aqra, Iraq

230

176

310

310

508

0

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

Eparchy of Sulaimaniya, Iraq

500

400

200

200

490

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

Eparchy of Zaku, Iraq

7,000

6,548

12,700

13,500

15,500

1

11

5

2

2

10

0

1

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Teheran, Iran

5,500

3,500

3,000

3,000

3,000

1

6

4

1

1

11

3

1

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Urmya and Eparchy of Salmas, Iran

2,250

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1

3

3

1

1

6

0

0

Archeparchy of Ahwaz, Iran

340

350

60

65

50

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon

8,600

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

1

3

2

1

1

1

0

2

Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt

500

500

500

500

500

1

2

1

1

1

8

0

0

Eparchy of Aleppo, Beroea and Halab, Syria

10,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

1

12

6

7

7

3

0

0

Archeparchy of Diarbekir, Turkey

2,900

5,000

5,925

4,561

4,226

0

9

1

0

0

0

0

0

Patriarchal Dependency of Jordan

0

0

7,000

7,000

7,000

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, USA

50,000

70,000

77,000

80,000

85,000

1

8

13

0

10

0

65

1

Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA

 

estab. 2002

35,000

40,200

40,200

1

7

9

3

3

12

0

0

Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, Australia

 

 

 

estab. 2006

29,000

1

0

0

7

7

0

0

0

TOTAL

469,764

322,266

358,682

351,141

418,194

20

133

108

34

53

177

85

30

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Anagamaly

398,700

450,100

504,000

507,000

509,000

3

346

357

365

632

4,900

0

81

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanacherry

345,000

350,000

382,000

382,086

390,000

2

266

300

337

461

2,720

0

48

Eparchy of Kanjirapally, India

150,364

162,675

172,050

173,350

192,000

2

136

194

116

210

1,840

0

76

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kottayam, India

114,569

131,366

169,505

170,200

172,200

3

148

157

53

102

1,253

0

41

Eparchy of Palai, India

284,260

335,000

346,334

346,458

346,698

2

168

345

118

121

4,178

0

79

Eparchy of Irinjalakuda, India

214,823

241,607

256,683

256,863

258,101

1

128

168

49

80

2,340

0

64

Eparchy of Kothamangalam, India

334,390

474,530

206,270

210,015

214,210

1

115

169

65

162

2,189

0

34

Eparchy of Mananthavady, India

130,000

171,000

166,000

167,000

168,500

1

138

211

185

345

1,670

0

14

Eparchy of Palghat, India

49,344

64,370

66,061

67,711

66,918

1

102

95

75

79

1,551

0

53

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tellicherry, India

244,042

306,256

279,200

278,084

283,200

1

221

222

92

322

2,030

0

94

Eparchy of Thamarasserry, India

103,843

118,547

124,664

125,486

126,395

1

128

134

90

154

1,244

0

65

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trichur, India

376,630

423,514

463,306

460,728

466,845

2

192

265

136

335

3,311

0

107

Eparchy of Bijnor, India

786

1,893

2,238

2,546

2,827

1

67

29

26

76

194

0

40

Eparchy of Chanda, India

21,627

20,500

12,925

13,317

13,612

1

5

22

40

277

352

0

24

Eparchy of Gorakhpur, India

1,152

2,449

2,861

2,916

3,139

2

31

33

25

33

176

0

21

Eparchy of Jagdalpur, India

2,451

4,876

6,345

6,388

6,449

1

12

12

60

86

260

0

31

Eparchy of Kalyan, India

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

1

100

51

95

105

267

0

41

Eparchy of Rajkot, India

9,100

9,800

12,000

12,000

12,500

1

12

25

116

156

415

0

17

Eparchy of Sagar, India

3,112

6,350

6,710

6,844

6,960

2

26

25

15

25

225

1

32

Eparchy of Satna, India

1,441

2,620

2,707

2,668

2,703

2

16

35

22

53

144

0

17

Eparchy of Ujjain, India

1,416

2,640

3,200

3,250

3,273

2

40

23

69

144

296

0

28

Eparchy of Thuckalay, India

estab. 1996

20,000

24,429

24,806

25,988

1

50

23

28

33

198

0

36

Eparchy of Belthangady, India

estab. 1999

0

22,500

21,500

21,500

1

51

38

13

61

170

0

40

Eparchy of Adilabad, India

estab. 1999

0

12,154

12,571

13,061

1

23

13

31

39

141

0

23

Eparchy of Idukki, India

 

estab. 2003

255,000

304,923

396,010

1

126

78

37

117

1,301

0

55

Eparchy of St Thomas of Chicago, USA

 

estab. 2001

100,000

100,000

100,000

1

8

26

10

10

12

0

0

TOTAL

2,887,050

3,400,093

3,699,142

3,758,710

3,902,089

38

2655

3050

2268

4218

33,377

1

1161

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Patriarchal Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria

90,000

110,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

3

18

32

8

8

14

1

9

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria

11,000

20,000

17,000

17,000

17,000

1

10

16

1

1

26

0

7

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Bosra, Syria

27,000

27,000

27,000

27,000

27,000

1

42

18

1

1

8

0

6

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria

24,620

25,000

27,000

30,000

30,000

2

17

23

4

6

25

0

2

Archeparchy of Lattaquié, Syria

11,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

1

18

10

4

5

15

1

2

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Beirut and Gibail, Lebanon

150,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

1

139

63

30

71

190

0

19

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon

7,000

8,700

7,000

7,000

3,200

2

9

11

1

1

7

0

1

Archeparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon

25,000

14,000

15,200

20,000

22,000

2

12

9

2

3

52

1

2

Archeparchy of Baniyas, Lebanon

8,000

3,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

2

11

2

0

2

10

0

0

Archeparchy of Saida, Lebanon

7,000

25,000

27,000

27,000

28,000

1

50

24

20

59

38

0

15

Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon

7,000

7,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

1

15

10

0

0

17

0

1

Archeparchy of Zahleh and Furzol, Lebanon

115,000

126,000

126,000

126,000

126,000

1

36

6

20

20

42

0

1

Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia, Jordan

20,000

31,200

31,300

31,300

31,300

1

28

23

5

6

15

0

2

Archeparchy of Akka, Israel

40,000

54,000

67,890

80,000

80,000

2

32

33

3

8

28

0

7

Jerusalem (patriarchal dependency)

3,000

3,300

3,300

3,300

3,300

1

10

5

6

20

27

2

3

Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraiso em Sao Paulo, Brazil

368,000

413,000

418,000

418,000

418,000

2

5

10

0

0

0

4

3

Eparchy of Newton, USA

25,950

27,500

29,024

27,207

24,435

2

35

49

15

16

3

44

1

Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada

30,000

43,000

43,000

33,000

33,000

1

4

6

8

8

0

1

0

Eparchy of Nuestra Senora del Paraiso en Mexico

2,000

2,500

4,600

4,700

4,700

0

1

2

3

3

0

0

3

Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq

340

600

100

100

100

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Egypt and Sudan (patriarchal dependency)

8,000

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

1

17

15

0

0

15

1

0

Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait

4,500

700

800

800

800

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Eparchy of Saint Michael\’s of Sydney, Australia

40,000

45,000

45,000

45,000

45,000

1

13

17

0

0

0

0

5

Apostolic Exarchate in Venezuela (Caracas)

estab. 1990

48,000

25,000

25,000

25,000

1

5

4

0

1

0

2

2

Apostolic Exarchate in Argentina

 

estab. 2002

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

1,024,410

1,251,300

1,342,014

1,350,207

1,346,635

30

529

390

131

239

532

57

91

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Major Archeparchy of Kyiv, Ukraine

 

300,000

130,900

130,900

98,500

5

34

16

7

7

9

5

4

Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine

 

1,607,000

650,000

660,000

666,476

1

276

284

73

204

187

1

65

Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

 

615,024

609,098

608,249

607,169

3

365

417

27

64

124

0

143

Eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi, Ukraine

estab. 1993

501,176

240,000

240,000

240,000

1

279

205

3

20

28

0

75

Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych, Ukraine

estab. 1993

408,489

403,248

402,503

401,496

1

514

249

10

10

29

0

95

Eparchy of Ternopil. Ukraine

estab. 1993

598,100

united Zboriv 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eparchy of Zboriv, Ukraine

estab. 1993

375,000

united Ternopil 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv

 

united 2000

465,610

479,052

479,052

1

407

243

18

40

46

1

8

Eparchy of Buchach, Ukraine

 

estab. 2000

213,314

211,317

211,613

1

299

159

8

11

12

0

47

Eparchy of Sokal, Ukraine

 

estab. 2000

332,644

330,453

329,125

1

352

222

28

67

46

0

73

Eparchy of Stryj, Ukraine

 

estab. 2000

317,220

420,000

380,000

1

344

208

7

50

20

2

51

Archepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk-Kharkiv, Ukraine

 

estab. 2002

100,000

5,000

5,000

1

44

31

6

7

10

0

5

Archepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa-Krym, Ukraine

 

estab. 2003

70,000

70,000

70,000

1

25

29

1

1

0

3

4

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw, Poland

 

32,000

32,000

32,000

32,000

1

84

33

13

29

87

3

12

Eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk, Poland

estab. 1996

53,000

50,000

21,000

21,000

1

58

28

2

2

14

0

6

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia, USA

77,571

69,088

65,500

65,000

65,000

3

70

65

5

5

110

5

8

Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, USA

11,964

11,522

11,058

11,032

10,937

1

38

41

2

2

3

11

4

Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, USA

28,000

9,500

12,000

10,000

10,000

2

38

42

12

18

5

11

5

Eparchy of Stamford, USA

40,998

16,684

16,000

16,600

16,741

2

54

61

15

24

47

8

30

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada

49,350

45,000

29,740

29,740

29,740

3

144

31

12

12

24

14

3

Eparchy of Edmonton, Canada

40,907

26,250

26,250

28,750

28,750

0

118

26

13

22

30

4

2

Eparchy of New Westminster, Canada

7,700

4,000

7,835

7,835

7,835

1

16

11

2

2

2

2

1

Eparchy of Saskatoon, Canada

24,000

12,200

12,700

8,607

8,395

1

88

21

10

12

17

3

2

Eparchy of Toronto, Canada

80,000

83,200

36,910

10,866

10,866

2

65

116

15

16

37

18

2

Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain

27,000

15,000

15,000

50,000

50,000

0

15

15

4

4

0

0

0

Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia

25,000

35,400

35,050

33,860

33,830

1

10

21

2

2

19

4

0

Apostolic Exarchate of Germany & Scandinavia (Munich)

27,450

38,000

80,000

78,400

78,400

1

21

31

2

2

12

1

3

Apostolic Exarchate of France

16,000

16,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

1

11

9

0

0

5

1

0

Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, Brazil

130,000

162,000

161,500

161,500

161,500

3

23

19

62

91

462

2

7

Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires

122,000

126,000

130,000

150,000

155,000

2

17

6

15

17

91

1

2

TOTAL

707,940

5,159,633

4,268,577

4,287,664

4,223,425

42

3809

2639

374

741

1476

100

657

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church (Metropolitanate in USA)

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Mukacevo, Ukraine

 

320,000

320,000

320,000

320,000

2

370

197

20

31

42

1

128

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, USA

143,784

75,261

60,100

59,946

59,719

1

80

73

9

12

88

11

1

Eparchy of Parma, USA

22,202

12,680

12,401

12,402

12,371

1

35

43

1

1

10

8

0

Eparchy of Passaic, USA

85,050

51,771

24,031

23,914

21,808

1

88

69

12

13

19

23

2

Eparchy of Van Nuys, USA

17,125

3,108

2,849

3,026

2,863

2

19

20

4

8

3

8

0

Apostolic Exarchate of the Czech Republic

estab. 1996

200,000

177,704

177,704

177,704

1

25

37

0

0

0

0

8

TOTAL

268,161

662,820

597,085

596,992

594,465

8

617

439

46

65

162

51

139

 

The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate)

Jurisdiction

1995

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Metropolitan Archeparchy of Fagaras & Alba Julia, Romania

495,000

362,000

350,000

365,000

367,000

1

624

212

5

6

160

0

71

Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Romania

505,000

750,000

60,000

60,000

60,000

2

179

144

16

25

110

1

74

Eparchy of Lugoj, Romania

500,000

40,000

96,427

100,020

101,783

1

129

108

1

1

0

0

20

Eparchy of Maramures, Romania

477,000

132,310

128,490

127,600

127,300

1

154

135

4

4

0

0

33

Eparchy of Oradea Mare, Romania

29,385

101,000

102,000

102,000

102,000

1

139

127

15

18

21

0

74

Eparchy of Saint George\’s in Canton, Ohio, USA

5,250

5,300

5,000

5,000

5,000

2

14

21

3

7

0

3

2

TOTAL

2,011,635

1,390,610

741,917

759,620

763,083

8

1239

747

44

61

291

4

274

 

Greek Catholics in Fomer Yugoslavia

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Krizevci, Croatia

48,768

48,775

15,311

21,467

21,480

1

44

28

0

0

58

0

10

Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia/Montenegro

 

estab. 2003

22,934

22,897

22,720

1

21

15

2

2

62

0

10

Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia

 

estab. 2000

11,398

11,483

11,491

1

5

8

0

0

18

0

18

TOTAL

48,768

48,775

49,643

55,847

55,691

3

70

51

2

2

138

0

38

 

The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Apostolic Exarchate for Greece (Athens)

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,300

1

3

8

0

2

12

1

0

Apostolic Exarchate for Turkey (Istanbul)

50

40

40

30

25

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

2,350

2.340

2,340

2,330

2,325

1

4

8

0

2

12

1

0

 

The Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Apostolic Exarchate of Sophia, Bulgaria

15,000

15,000

10,000

10,000

10,107

1

21

5

16

17

41

0

0

 

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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The Slovak Greek Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Presov, Slovakia

361,060

118,740

136,593

136,965

137,203

2

166

237

22

25

86

1

69

Apostolic Exarchate of Kosice, Slovakia

estab.1997

72,304

83,776

79,550

81,132

1

90

149

12

20

45

3

23

Eparchy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Toronto, Canada

30,000

20,000

5,000

2,500

25,000

1

7

5

1

1

0

0

1

TOTAL

391,060

211,044

225,369

219,015

243,335

4

263

391

35

46

131

4

93

 

The Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Lungro, Italy (continental Italy)

32,500

32,965

32,800

33,200

33,150

1

29

32

2

2

30

1

13

Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy (Sicily)

28,800

28,500

28,500

30,000

30,000

1

15

31

2

9

121

1

2

Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy

104

98

98

98

90

0

1

0

13

17

3

0

0

TOTAL

61,404

61,563

61,398

63,298

63,240

2

45

63

17

28

154

2

15

 

The Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Eparchy of Hajdudorog, Hungary

250,000

253,000

248,987

270,000

270,000

1

145

216

6

10

11

2

49

Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc, Hungary

22,000

25,000

19,948

20,000

20,000

0

30

43

0

0

0

0

3

TOTAL

272,000

278,000

268,935

290,000

290,000

1

175

259

6

10

11

2

52

 

The Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church

Jurisdiction

1995

2000

2005

2006

2007

Bish

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania

1,121

2,474

3,200

3,400

3,510

1

9

2

10

14

85

0

0

 

Ordinariates for the Faithful of Various Eastern Catholic Churches Without Their Own Hierarchy

Country

1998

2000

2005

2006

2007

Par

SecPr

RelPr

MRel

FRel

Dc

Sm

Argentina

110,000

14,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Austria

5,000

5,000

8,000

8,000

8,000

9

14

0

4

0

0

0

Brazil

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

4

2

3

3

0

0

0

France

45,000

45,000

45,000

45,000

45,000

12

12

7

31

22

2

2

Poland

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Compiled byRonald G.Roberson,CSP

Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=FemalReligious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2007 figures)

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